Career

Résumé

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James Balkovek Illustrator

P.O. Box 96

Hagerstown, IN 47346

(765) 489-5418

Email: fineart2010@live.comWebsite:http:// balkovek.net

Illustration professional with a broad range of experience, in editorial, advertising, book layout, design, and illustration, graphic design, advertising production and production management.

Experience

Balkovek Illustration

Hagerstown, IN 1990-Present

Owner/Illustrator and Designer

Freelance illustrator and designer, working with a variety of clients on projects ranging from book layout, illustration & design, corporate design, product design and development, packaging illustration and design, advertising development & illustration.

Clients Include:

Middle River Press, Neely Publishing, AMS Industries, Charlesbridge Publishing, Dragon Pencil Publishing, Saddleback Publishing, Lake Educational Books, United States Forest Service, Fantasy Magazine, Children’s Digest, Cricket Magazine, Winner Magazine, Good Morning Teacher Publishing, Fearon/Janus Books, Simon and Schuster Publishing, Quercus Publishing, Pacific Bell, Bristol Publishing, Northrup King Books, Mervyn’s, Breuner’s  Home Furnishings, Plumas County Arts Commission, Osborne/McGraw Hill, Fish and Game Magazine, Appleseed’s Magazine, Faces Magazine, Liturgical Publications Inc., San Francisco SPCA, Laurel Associates.

Fisher Group Advertising

Modesto, CA 1988-1990

Manager of Art and Production

Managed staff of designers.  Job duties included hiring, training and performance reviews.  Assignment and routing of incoming projects.  interfacing with account executives and clients in overseeing inception of projects from estimating and concept development to print purchase, proofing and presentation.  Illustrated and directed photography for corporate and commercial accounts.  Entered position as Art Director/Illustrator, promoted to head of department.

Breuner’s  Home Furnishings

San Ramon, CA 1985-1988

Chief Illustrator

Created illustrations of furnishings and accessories, hard lines and soft goods for print advertising, tabloid, and point of purchase.  Developed graphic displays and special event posters and graphics for store wide promotions.

Mervyn’s

Hayward, CA 1980-1984

Illustrator

Education

BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland California.  Major: Illustration

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